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Jenine K. Harris, PhD
Having used my career as a professor for training students in the skills they need for data-related jobs (with a heavy focus in R development), I am now seeking a data science job for myself.
Professional Experience
Professor
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA
current - 2010
- Developed stable R packages so that students and data scientists could interact with my code during their education. Packages were successfully submitted to CRAN proving they were stable enough to be used globally.
- Authored or co-authored more than 90 peer-reviewed publications on social networks, social media, research reproducibility, and other public health and clinical topics.
- Taught graduate-level courses in introductory and intermediate biostatistics and R skills. Teaching evaluations from students were above the mean score for faculty in my school for all courses.
- Co-founded and co-directed a peer tutoring center for statistics.
- Conducted workshops to teach faculty and doctoral trainees R and RMarkdown.
Education
PhD Public Health Studies, Biostatistics Concentration
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO, USA
2008 - 2004
- Dissertation title: Social network analysis and public health systems.
- Relevant Coursework: Applied Linear Modeling, Structural Equation Modeling, Social Network Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Categorical Data Analysis, Survival Analysis.
Other Relevant Experience
Co-Founder & Co-Organizer
R-Ladies St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA
current - 2017
- Started St. Louis chapter of R-Ladies, a global organization with the mission of increasing gender diversity in the R community.
- Organize 4–9 hands-on free R workshops each year.
- Built partnerships with local businesses to provide space and food for workshops and networking.
R Trainer
Various
Global
2021
- Conducted two virtual workshops for Nigerian researchers and others as part of the 2021 Academic Hive Research Bootcamp training event held in Calabar, Nigeria. The first workshop was an introduction to R, the second was an introduction to making tables and visualizations in R.
- Conducted Intro to R and Data Visualization in R workshops for stakeholders of Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL.
- Conducted an Introduction to R virtual workshop hosted by Sage Methods and open to participants globally.
Co-Leader
useR! 2020 Annual Conference
St. Louis, MO, USA
2020
- Collaborated on a successful bid to bring the 2020 useR! conference to St. Louis.
- As scientific lead had oversight of all keynotes, tutorials, talks, and posters.
- For the first time since its inception, included more female than male keynotes (4 of 7) and our first Black keynote speaker.
- Worked with leadership team, vendors, and other stakeholders to pivot to an abbreviated online format.
Selected Community Engagement
Library Board Member
Webster Groves City Council
St. Louis, MO, USA
current - 2019
- Leading strategic planning efforts for next 5 years as chair of advance planning committee.
Notary Public
St. Louis City and County
St. Louis, MO, USA
current - 2020
- Certified in summer 2020 and volunteered to notarize at election events.
- Provide free ballot notary services upon request.